Predator-prey interaction in soil food web: Functional response, size-dependent foraging efficiency, and the influence of soil texture

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 419-427

  Hohberg, Karin ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^b  

^a State Museum of Natural History Gorlitz   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nematoda; Optimal prey; Soil fauna; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL TEXTURE;

ACROBELOIDES NANUS; CEPHALOBIDAE; MACROBIOTIDAE; MACROBIOTUS RICHTERSI; NEMATODA; PELODERA TERES; RHABDITIDAE; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 23844547856     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0852-9     Document Type: Article

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